Does Nandroid Restore Overwrite an RUU?

[tmettler5]

I updated to the latest release, [Exclusive Download] Full RUU Build 4.03.605.2 For The HTC Rezound and spent a considerable amount of time relocking, updating, unlocking, rooting and restoring my phone. I made a nand backup, and when I was restoring my phone, i restored from backup to save myself the time of reloading everything and resetting my settings...I looked at my phone software, and it shows the 3.14.605.12 instead of the 4.03.605.2 release keys....

Did my nand restore overwrite the updated ruu?

Edit 1: Radios are updated.

 

[yodatom10]

It should override everything except the radios.

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[tmettler5]

Soooo...I need to start over if I want the most current version of the firmware...

 

[yodatom10]

Sadly yes but I would invest in tibu
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&token=TOuYBnT_
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[AZSALUKI]

Sadly yes but I would invest in tibu
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&token=fzHn0OcX
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+1
If you're even ever going to do this once more, tibu is a must have.

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[tmettler5]

I have titanium backup...was just being lazy...

 

[Wanda]

Make a back up of your internal and external SD cards. When I went from GB to ICS via the RUU it wiped my internal SD which is where the Titanium backups were being stored (unbeknownst to me) and I lost all my apps and everything. Very frustrating.

 

[yodatom10]

Make a back up of your internal and external SD cards. When I went from GB to ICS via the RUU it wiped my internal SD which is where the Titanium backups were being stored (unbeknownst to me) and I lost all my apps and everything. Very frustrating.

An ruu should not touch the SD card. Sounds like a corrupt sd

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[tmettler5]

TiBU stores the backup on the internal sd memory, so an RUU wipes it all out unless you back it up. At least on the rezound...

After a couple hours of trying to get my old custom rom back, I just gave up, so now I am stock rooted. Do ROMs not play nice with certain leaks? I feel pretty confident with most of this stuff, but this part of it has me a little confounded.

 

[tmettler5]

ok...upon further examination, you can change backup destinations in TiBU.

 

[acejavelin]

I actually prefer Ultimate Backup by JRummy over TiBu... Both do the same thing, but I just like the interface so much better. Plus the "Pro" version of UltiBu is less than half the price of TiBu's.

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[318sugarhill]

Make a back up of your internal and external SD cards. When I went from GB to ICS via the RUU it wiped my internal SD which is where the Titanium backups were being stored (unbeknownst to me) and I lost all my apps and everything. Very frustrating.

Yes that was VERY annoying the first time. I didn't realize this either. Luckily for me, the first time I unlocked and had everything wiped, it was within a week of getting the phone, so most of my backups were form my Dinc, and I still had them on the SD card. Having the rezound store the internal as SD card and The actual SD card as SD card 2, well I was still looking for emmc. Needless to say, my backups from the Rezound were lost. Not a huge deal, but when you restore old backups, apps tend to need to be updated through the market, and that took forever.

Good to know that I can just backup, run the RUU, and restore the backup just to upgrade the radio. I'm not S-off, and I use a mac, so I don't see S-off in my future....unless I come across a copy of windows from someone I can install through bootcamp, but I'm not spending money to buy windows just for S-off.

 

[MrSmith317]

Just to clarify a Nandroid backup can't overwrite the firmware on the Rezound. Not even if you're s-off. That's why even S-off phones need to run the RUU.

 

[yodatom10]

Just to clarify a Nandroid backup can't overwrite the firmware on the Rezound. Not even if you're s-off. That's why even S-off phones need to run the RUU.

What ? A nandroid should overwrite the firmware ?

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[NoYankees44]

What ? A nandroid should overwrite the firmware ?

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It does not. You have to flash the ruu or the firmware separate

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[yodatom10]

It does not. You have to flash the ruu or the firmware separate

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Thanks for confirming.

Sent from my Jelly bean powered Galaxy Nexus

 

[318sugarhill]

Ok, I thought I knew what was what. Explain to me like I'm a noob all over again what the firmware is? I'd say every third week I read something that makes me feel like a rookie all over again.

 

[AZSALUKI]

I've been rooted and flashing roms for a year and a half and I still think I'm a noob as I still have no idea what I'm doing.....LOL.

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